Yarrah Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Yarrah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
The alternate forms: Yarráh (1) are calculated separately.
Yarrah (13) may also be a first name.
Yarrah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yarrah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yarrah is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Yarráh. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yarrah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 33 percent of Yarrah are found; 33 percent are found in West Africa and 33 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yarrah is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name globally, held by 13 people.
Yarrah is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea Yarrah is mostly concentrated in: National Capital District, where 100 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 22 percent live and India, where 11 percent live.
Yarrah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Yarrah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Yarrah surname contracted 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Yarrah
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